The Human Being as Image of God according to Gregory of Nazianzus

Huian, Georgiana (2021). The Human Being as Image of God according to Gregory of Nazianzus. In: Hainthaler, Theresia; Mali, Franz; Emmenegger, Gregor; Morozov, Alexey (eds.) Imago Dei. Forscher aus dem Osten und Westen Europas an den Quellen des gemeinsamen Glaubens. Studientagung L´viv, 12.-14. September 2019. Wiener Patristische Tagungen: Vol. IX (pp. 292-306). Innsbruck-Wien: Tyrolia Verlag

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Starting from pictorial language in the poetry of Gregory of Nazianzus and looking
back at the density of his anthropological account in the Orationes, I investigate the notion of image of God which defines the human being, as well as its relationship to human composition of body and soul. I analyse how the divine image makes possible the ascent (return) from a state of mortality, suffering, fallibility and corruption, to resplendence, purity, stable knowledge and incorruption. I question the role of this conception regarding the vision of the human person as microcosm, linking anthropology to cosmology in the view of Gregory the Theologian. I also consider the transfiguration of the human being through contemplation, connecting the doctrine of the image of God with Gregory’s views on theoria and theosis.

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